Electrical engineer's pocket-book: a hand-book of useful data for electricians and electrical engineers (1901)
Foster, Horatio A. (Horatio Alvah), 1858-1913 · New York, D. Van Nostrand co.; London, E.& F.N. Spon, ltd. · leaf 539
,bringing the positive terminal to line and negative to ground, the pointswhere the current leaves these metallic structures will be brought muchnearer the power station, and will be localized in a much smaller area. Atthe same time that these danger points or points of positive potential… … On the whole, the placing of the current positive to line appears to be amaterial advantage. Corrosive action is very much enhanced in a limitedarea, but being in a limited area and definitely located, it may be easilywatched and remedies applied. With the current negative to line, the ac-tion at a…
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